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Call Number: SC0554
Creator:
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Title: Arthur L. Schawlow papers
Dates: 1949-1997
Physical Description:
98 Linear feet
Summary: These papers primarily document Schawlow's career at Stanford
and include correspondence, 1951-1995; lecture notes and class files, 1980-1988,
containing problem sets and solutions, exams, and other information; grant files;
records from participation in professional organizations including American Physical
Society, American Institute of Physics, and the Optical Society of America; and reprints
of his and his students' articles, 1949-1994. Also included is correspondence,
clippings, and brochures pertaining to autism, 1981-1989, including typescript of "Our
Autistic Son" by Aurelia T. and Arthur L. Schawlow.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of Arthur Schawlow, 1997-1998.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Arthur L. Schawlow Papers (SC0554). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Arthur L. Schawlow, professor of physics at Stanford University from 1961 to 1991,
received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1981 for his contributions to the development of
laser spectroscopy. He and his brother-in-law, Charles Townes, professor emeritus at the
University of California-Berkeley, published their first paper showing how to build a
laser in 1958, while Schawlow was a research physicist at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Schawlow earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. at the University of Toronto and was a
research associate and associate professor at Columbia University before coming to
Stanford. He was chair of the physics department from 1966 to 1970 and retired from
active teaching in 1991 with the rank of professor emeritus. He is a fellow of the
American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, the Institute of Electrical
Electronics Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
These papers primarily document Schawlow's career at Stanford and include
correspondence, 1951-1995; lecture notes and class files, 1980-1988, containing problem
sets and solutions, exams, and other information; grant files; records from
participation in professional organizations including American Physical Society,
American Institute of Physics, and the Optical Society of America; and reprints of his
and his students' articles, 1949-1994. Also included is correspondence, clippings, and
brochures pertaining to autism, 1981-1989, including typescript of "Our Autistic Son" by
Aurelia T. and Arthur L. Schawlow.
American Institute of Physics.
American Physical Society.
Optical Society of America.
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Stanford University--Curricula.
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University. Dept. of Physics.
Autism.
Lasers.
Microwave spectroscopy.
Physics--Study and teaching.